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Designer Claire Thomas Transformed a Former Woodworking Shed Into a Guest House The copper kitchen will blow your mind. By Lauren Jones Clare Thomas The challenge was this: How do you take an empty box and turn it into a getaway that even your in-laws will love? Once a woodworking shop and music studio, this accessory dwelling unit behind a home in Venice Beach needed to be transformed into a guest cottage. The owners, Lacey Uhlemeyer, a world traveler and documentary filmmaker, and Rendell Johnson, a engineer who has a love of music and woodworking, wanted it to be a place their in-...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (March 3, 2021) Updated Mar 03, 2021; not to the public just yet. Shuttered since the outbreak of the pandemic last March, the 260,000-square-foot facility on the Wildwood Boardwalk is unlocking its doors to host Spirit Brands “The Return” cheerleading competition on Saturday, March 6. However, only participants, judges and coaches will be allowed access and a maximum capacity of 150 will be enforced. Sorry Mom and Dad, absolutely no spectaculars will be permitted. The center will follow...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Feb. 17, 2021) Updated Feb 22, 2021; The Watchung Arts Center will host a “Big Easy Mardi Gras” virtual celebration on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. The Mardi Gras Band will return after last year’s sellout performance with band leader and bassist Thaddeus Exposé, vocalist Arlee Leonard, pianist Brandon McCune, drummer Gordon Lane, trumpeter Michael Green and clarinetist Marty Eigen The concert will be streamed live via Zoom from the center on Stirling Road in Watchung. Tickets are $20...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Feb. 10, 2021) Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Fort Lee-based Nai Ni Chen Dance will present a "Year of the Golden Ox" Chinese Lunar New Year celebration online from Feb. 11-13.nianichen.org Facebook Share A pair of New Jersey-based dance troupes are celebrating this weekend’s holidays with online performances: ♦ Nai Ni Chen Dance Company of Fort Lee will present a series of seven “Year of the Golden Ox” programs in observance of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Feb. 11-13. A ...

Coronavirus in N.J.: What’s reopened, what concerts, festivals and shows are rescheduled, canceled. (Jan. 27, 2021) Updated Feb 01, 2021; A pair of New Jersey-based theater companies will be debuting online productions over the next week spotlighting important women in history: ♦ East Lynne Theater Company will present Stephanie Garrett reading “Lynching, Our National Crime,” a speech Ida B. Wells delivered at the National Negro Conference (forerunner to the NAACP) in New York City in the spring of 1909. The prerecorded performance will premiere 8 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 28, on...